Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021

Questions tabled on Monday 12 July 2021

Includes questions tabled on earlier days which have been transferred. T Indicates a topical oral question. Members are selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. † Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. N Indicates a question for written answer on a named day under S.O. No. 22(4). [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Answer on Tuesday 13 July

Questions for Written Answer

1 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, under what circumstances he would introduce a local lockdown after the lifting of covid-19 restrictions in England on 19 July 2021. [Transferred] (30397)

2 N (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to work with local authorities to reduce carbon emissions ahead of COP26. [Transferred] (29855)

3 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the role of local authorities in delivering the policy objectives of COP26. [Transferred] (29856)

4 N Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the Government’s objectives are for the cities and built environment theme for COP26; and what steps he is taking to engage the UK's cities in delivering on those outcomes at COP26. [Transferred] (29859)

5 Ms (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support social enterprises affected by the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (30329) 2 Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021

6 (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing a photo identification card for every British citizen free of charge as a form of identification for general purposes. [Transferred] (30414)

Questions for Answer on Wednesday 14 July

Questions for Written Answer

1 Stuart Anderson (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timeframe is for publishing the White Paper on Devolution in England. (31539)

2 (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of additional civil servants required to administer the checks on goods being imported to the UK from the EU under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and (b) cost of recruiting additional civil servants for that purpose. (31420)

3 (Lichfield): To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, with reference to the article by the Revd Marcus Walker, Rector of the Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, London, entitled, Is this the last chance to save the Church of England, published in the Spectator on 10 July 2021, what assessment the Church has made of the implications for its policies of the (a) findings of Revd Walker and (b) potential merits of proposals to create 10,000 new lay-led churches in the next 10 years in private homes and public halls. (31286)

4 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the President of COP26, with reference to the announcement UK will provide vaccines to COP26 delegates of 29 June 2021, how the Government plans to vaccinate COP26 delegates ahead of the conference in Glasgow. (31510)

5 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the President of COP26, with representatives from what countries he (a) has had and (b) plans to have discussions to increase their ambition for offshore wind ahead of COP26. (31511)

6 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the President of COP26, when the Government plans to make a decision on the number of in-person participants at COP26. (31512)

7 Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the financing of new nuclear power stations; and if he will make a statement. [R] (31380) Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021 3

8 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many councils applied for the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery scheme before the 4 December 2020 deadline. (31513)

9 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many councils expressed an interest in applying for the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery scheme but did not apply. (31514)

10 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many councils have expressed an interest in applying for Phase 1B of the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery scheme. (31515)

11 Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has for expanding onshore wind power. (31516)

12 N Dr (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of delaying bounce back loan repayments for 12 months to enable local businesses to recover from the covid-19 pandemic. [Transferred] (30404)

13 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent he has made on introducing carer’s leave. (31517)

14 Jerome Mayhew (Broadland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of regulating lithium-ion battery energy storage systems to help mitigate the risk of fire. (31536)

15 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Premier League on the need for (a) transparency and (b) accountability in decision-making that impacts football fans. (31397)

16 Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to ensure transparency and accountability to football fans on decisions relating to takeovers of football clubs. (31399)

17 Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2021 to Question 156495 on Arts: EU Countries, what progress the UK Government has made in (a) negotiating of a bespoke Visa Waiver Agreement with the EU for the creative sector, (b) reaching bilateral agreements with EU Member States regarding the introduction of cultural exemptions for work permits and (c) mitigating the impact of new road haulage and cross-trade rules on pan-European cultural tours. (31449) 4 Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021

18 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve road safety around schools and (b) support teachers, parents and students to take up active travel and walk, cycle or scoot modes of travel to school. (31452)

19 (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 14 June 2021 to Question 10631 on Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education: Finance, what guidance is issued by his Department to local authorities to support their responsibilities in the delivery of the statutory obligations of their local Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education; and if he will make a statement. (31532)

20 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to written the Answer of 14 June 2021 to Question 10631 on Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education: Finance, what assessment his Department has made of the appropriate and equitable level of funding via the central school services block for local authorities to support their responsibilities in the delivery of the statutory obligations of their local Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education; and if he will make a statement. (31533)

21 Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2021 to Question on Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education: Finance, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the appropriate and equitable level of funding via the central school services block for local authorities to support their responsibilities in the delivery of the statutory obligations of their local Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education; and if he will make a statement. (31534)

22 (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of universities who intend to continue teaching their students remotely after 19 July 2021. (31337)

23 Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to help support the return of face-to-face learning at universities in the context of the covid-19 outbreak. (31338)

24 Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the affordability of water bills for residents in (a) Slough and (b) Thames Valley. (31523)

25 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of trees that have been planted in England in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 to date. (31370) Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021 5

26 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money the Government has committed to planting trees in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 to date. (31371)

27 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many peatlands have been restored in England in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 to date. (31372)

28 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding the Government has committed to restoring peatlands in the years (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 to date. (31373)

29 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the volume of plastic waste produced in (a) England and (b) the UK in each of the last five years. (31463)

30 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) manufacturers and (b) supermarkets and their supply chains on reducing plastic waste. (31464)

31 Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement of 28 June 2021, HCWS128 on Supporting Tourism in England, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on (a) facilitating a quick licensing process and (b) expediting new applications for camping licences to provide certainty for applicants of temporary campsites. (31384)

32 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to minimise the levels of pollution in the River Thames. (31308)

33 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on ensuring that craft operating on the River Thames do not adversely affect the air quality of the surrounding area. (31309)

34 Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of the trade deal with Australia for the East Midlands. (31540)

35 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of the Free Trade Agreement between the UK and Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland agreed on 8 July 2021 for businesses in (a) Morley and Outwood constituency and (b) West Yorkshire. (31470)

36 ( and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he plans to increase the number of dedicated agriculture counsellors promoting UK agricultural exports. (31367) 6 Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021

37 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with the National Farmers Union of Scotland on the free trade agreement with Australia. (31518)

38 Daniel Kawczynski (): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will release £11 million of funding from his Department's budget for track upgrades to the Shrewsbury to railway line to reduce travel time between those stations from under an hour to 45 minutes. (31364)

39 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the development of rivers in urban areas for water transport. (31457)

40 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) charities and (b) other relevant stakeholders which lease mobility scooters to help ensure that they form part of integrated transport strategies in urban areas. (31458)

41 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment he has made of the (a) costs to an individual and (b) emissions from (i) owning a car and (ii) participating in a car club or shared ownership scheme. (31459)

42 Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of (a) expertise in and (b) experience of rail in his Department's rail reform team. (31497)

43 Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2021 to Question 27274 on Rolling Stock: Procurement, to what extent the specification for new rolling stock (a) procured and (b) agreed by the operators of (i) Greater Anglia, (ii) TransPennine, (iii) West Midland Trains, (iv) South Western Railway and (v) c2c was determined by the requirements set out by his Department as part of the invitation to tender for the relevant franchise. (31498)

44 Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2021 to question 27274 on Rolling Stock: Procurement, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to passenger rail operating contracts since March 2020 on rolling stock leasing costs for new train fleets (a) procured and (b) agreed by his Department since February 2016. (31499)

45 Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2021 to Question 27274 on Rolling Stock: Procurement, to what extent (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have (a) overseen and (b) agreed the rolling stock procurement processes undertaken by (i) Greater Anglia, (ii) TransPennine, (iii) West Midland Trains, (iv) South Western Railway and (v) c2c since February 2016. (31500) Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021 7

46 Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2021 to Question 27274 on Rolling Stock: Procurement, what specific assessment he has made of the best value bids for taxpayers of rolling stock ordered since February 2016. (31501)

47 Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2021 to Question 27274 on Rolling Stock: Procurement, what estimate he has made of the trajectory of whole life rolling stock leasing costs on train fleets ordered since February 2016: and if he will make a statement. (31502)

48 Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the delivery time for new fleets on (a) East Midlands Railway and (b) West Coast Partnership manufactured by Hitachi: and if he will make a statement. (31503)

49 (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by how much was HS2 over budget in July 2019; and what information was shared with hon. Members on HS2 being over budget in 2019. (31559)

50 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to carry out the review of road traffic offences announced in 2014. (31379)

51 Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to upgrade the A12 between London and Ipswich. (31374)

52 Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans for road improvements to the A12 between London and Ipswich. (31375)

53 Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to widen the A12 between London and Ipswich to three lanes. (31376)

54 Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to support flexible season tickets for all rail users travelling between (a) Ipswich and London and (b) Stowmarket and London. (31377)

55 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the sustainability of river craft in use on the River Thames. (31310)

56 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with local authority leaders in the City of London to mitigate levels of (a) water and (b) air pollution within and around the River Thames. (31311) 8 Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021

57 (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he is having with Cabinet colleagues on recognising foreign certification of covid-19 vaccination for the purpose of travel to the UK. (31492)

58 Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will undertake a public consultation on amending the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 to require businesses to report long term sickness due to stress as a health and safety issue. (31547)

59 John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress her Department has made on the roll-out of the Job Entry Targeted Support scheme in the Scottish Borders. (31519)

60 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people living in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty in (i) England, (ii) Yorkshire and (iii) the city of York. (31454)

61 Jerome Mayhew (Broadland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with the Health and Safety Executive to ensure effective regulation of proposed new battery developments on the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk Border and in Kent. (31537)

62 (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit and legacy benefit claimants who are eligible to apply for EU Settled Status have failed to do so. (31481)

63 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to stop benefit payments to people who are eligible but have failed to apply for EU Settled Status. (31482)

64 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance her Department has given to people claiming employment and support allowance or the equivalent universal credit component who are eligible to apply for EU Settled Status but have so far failed to do, to help them make an application. (31483)

65 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a person who has not yet been granted EU Settled Status but is eligible to do so and is in the process of claiming a disability benefit will still be eligible to claim that benefit. (31484)

66 Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of nurses in the NHS. (31541)

67 Stuart Anderson (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve access to defibrillators in (a) schools and (b) the wider community. (31538) Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021 9

68 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to ensure that dedicated maternity wards in the NHS are available for mothers who have experienced a miscarriage. (31446)

69 Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to raise awareness of the early signs and symptoms of bile duct cancer in (a) healthcare settings and (b) among the general public. (31548)

70 (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is collecting data on the proportion of people testing positive for the Delta covid-19 variant who are unvaccinated. (31530)

71 Ruth Edwards (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of advising that immunocompromised people receive a third dose of a covid-19 vaccine instead of the proposed booster vaccines planned for autumn 2021. (31561)

72 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the procedure is for updating abortion notification HSA4 forms in the case of additional complications occurring either after the initial submission of the form or after the 14-day timeframe for returning them. (31305)

73 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled Home use of both pills for early medical abortion up to 10 weeks gestation and the statement in that consultation that for terminations in 2019 where the second early medical abortion pill was administered at home, complications may be less likely to be recorded on the abortion notification form, whether (a) those complications are reported by other means and (b) his Department has plans to review the process for reporting abortion complications to ensure that data is collected for complications not reported on the abortion notification form. (31306)

74 Mark Jenkinson (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish the updated Tobacco Control Plan before the publication of the Office for National Statistics data in 2021 on smoking prevalence. [R] (31543)

75 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the chances of survival for babies born prematurely. (31471)

76 Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including children considered clinically extremely vulnerable in the covid-19 vaccination programme. (31560) 10 Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021

77 Afzal Khan (, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) children and (b) adults on the waiting list for an NHS dentist in Manchester, Gorton consistency. (31525)

78 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting lists for NHS dentists in Manchester, Gorton consistency. (31526)

79 Julian Knight (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the length telephone waiting times for primary care networks in 2021. (31445)

80 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total number of cases of Long Covid that will result from the covid-19 outbreak. (31469)

81 Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if will make an assessment of the potential merits of maintaining the requirement for face coverings to be worn on public transport beyond 19 July 2021. (31378)

82 Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice his Department has given on introducing stab proof vests for Ambulance Service crews. (31369)

83 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress the Government has made on social care reform. (31340)

84 (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to provide covid-19 vaccines to Uganda through the COVAX programme. (31431)

85 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's contribution to the COVAX programme. (31432)

86 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support educational programs in Uganda. (31433)

87 Peter Gibson (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with its Egyptian counterparts on LGBT+ rights in that country. (31544)

88 Peter Gibson (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the increased numbers of arrests of members of the LGBT+ community in Egypt. (31545) Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021 11

89 Peter Gibson (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications of reports of the torture of LGBT+ prisoners in Egypt. (31546)

90 Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the UK is giving to the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund. (31368)

91 Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK Government has accredited the Burmese Ambassador to the UK appointed by the military dictatorship in that country. (31423)

92 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK’s efforts in ensuring accessibility and availability of covid- 19 vaccines across the globe; and what steps he is taking to increase access to those vaccines in low-income countries. (31434)

93 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of inequitable global access to covid-19 (a) vaccines and (b) other medical tools on the UK's response to covid-19. (31435)

94 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many doses of the Oxford/ AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine have been distributed to low-income countries; and how does that figure compare to the number of doses distributed by that company globally. (31436)

95 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UK's donation of covid-19 vaccine doses to the COVAX programme as announced on 11 June 2021, when he plans to announce details of (a) exact volumes of doses given to date and (b) the timescale for future doses being given. (31437)

96 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure immediate access to (a) vaccines and (b) treatments in (i) sub-Saharan Africa and (ii) other areas where there is a surge in covid-19 cases and deaths. (31438)

97 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the expiry dates of (a) domestic surplus covid-19 vaccines and (b) future vaccine donations to the COVAX programme; and what steps he is taking to mitigate potential wastage. (31439) 12 Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021

98 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made on its consultations with (a) the pharmaceutical industry and (b) relevant institutions to catalyse (i) engagement with and (ii) participation in the World Health Organization’s COVID Technology Access Pool. (31440)

99 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure that legal protection for intellectual property and patents does not determine the ability of people around the world to gain urgent access to a safe, timely and effective covid-19 vaccine. (31441)

100 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of covid-19 vaccine doses available to low- and middle-income countries and humanitarian contexts through COVAX relative to requirement, including from the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine; and what steps he plans to take to tackle any shortfall. (31442)

101 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has with (a) relevant stakeholders and (b) Cabinet colleagues on the communication by the EU to the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Council of the World Trade Organization proposing a declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health in the circumstances of a pandemic. (31443)

102 Chris Law (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his US counterpart on the proposed waiver of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights at the World Trade Organisation; and if he will make a statement. (31444)

103 (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the evidential basis was for the decision to remove AGAT System from the consolidated list of financial sanctions targets in the UK. (31314)

104 Mr (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of Tigrayans (a) who are classified as facing a famine and (b) have already died as a result of famine conditions. (31319)

105 Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the potential merits of deploying RAF coordinated airdrops of food and other essentials into the Tigray Region in Ethiopia. (31320) Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021 13

106 Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Eritrean Government on using their ports for humanitarian supplies to be transported to Tigray in Ethiopia. (31321)

107 Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Sudanese counterpart on the viability of transporting aid through Sudan to the Tigray region of Ethiopia. (31322)

108 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations (a) he and (b) his officials are making to counterparts in Malta on allowing British travellers arriving in Malta who have received the AstraZeneca/Oxford covid-19 vaccines sourced from the Serum Institute of India to follow regulations in Malta in-line with people who are fully vaccinated with other approved covid-19 vaccines. (31385)

109 Julian Sturdy (York Outer): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations (a) he and (b) his officials are making to counterparts in France on allowing British travellers arriving in France who have received the AstraZeneca/Oxford covid-19 vaccines sourced from the Serum Institute of India to follow regulations in France in-line with people who are fully vaccinated with other approved covid-19 vaccines. (31386)

110 Lee Anderson (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to remove foreign national offenders. (31542)

111 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of trends in the level of pet theft since the start of the covid-19 outbreak. (31297)

112 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made during Extinction Rebellion protests since 2019. (31302)

113 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of replacing the common law offence of public nuisance with a statutory offence of intentionally or recklessly causing public nuisance. (31303)

114 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many protests have been prevented or restricted under existing legislative powers in the last 12 months. (31304)

115 Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department took to support children and young people who were in the care of local authorities and eligible for the EU settlement scheme to apply to that scheme. (31355) 14 Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021

116 Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with an EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit have been wrongly detained while travelling into the UK since 1 July 2021. (31529)

117 David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on expanding the Youth Mobility Scheme. (31351)

118 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to expedite outstanding EU Settled Status applications. (31476)

119 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU Settled Status applications submitted after the deadline of 30 June 2021 are being processed by her Department. (31477)

120 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department have been working on processing EU Settled Status applications in each month since January 2020. (31478)

121 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of EU nationals in the UK who have missed the deadline to apply for EU Settled Status. (31479)

122 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU Nationals have made late applications to the EU Settlement Scheme. (31480)

123 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people made a visa application using the super priority service in each month since 2015; and how many of those people received a decision by the end of the next working day in each month since 2015. (31485)

124 Kate Osamor (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) made a visa application using the priority service and (b) received a decision within five working days on that application in each month since 2015. (31486)

125 Alyn Smith (Stirling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that citizens of (a) Belarus and (b) other countries where people who oppose political regimes are at risk of human rights abuses will be offered the opportunity to renew their UK visas or UK immigration status without having to return to their home country to make the necessary application to her Department. (31535)

126 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that residents of housing association schemes are consulted on changes to their service charge. (31465) Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021 15

127 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to help ensure that housing associations assess best value when undertaking (a) property maintenance and (b) building enhancement works. (31466)

128 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on Housing Associations engaging residents of shared accommodation with the outcome of (a) fire inspections and (b) any requirements that result from those inspections. (31467)

129 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent the owners of empty property units actively taking steps to avoid payment of business rates, including by making the property uninhabitable. (31468)

130 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with local authorities in London to mitigate the levels of water and air pollution in and around the River Thames. (31312)

131 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had recent discussions with local authority leaders in London on increasing the number of jetties on the River Thames to (a) encourage more sustainable craft using the River and (b) to mitigate the number of vehicles on London roads. (31313)

132 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of serious violent crimes were released halfway through their sentence in 2020-21. (31287)

133 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of sexual offences were released halfway through their sentence in 2020-21. (31288)

134 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average custodial sentence length is for prisoners convicted of a serious violent offence. (31289)

135 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average custodial sentence length is for prisoners convicted of a sexual offence. (31290)

136 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many standard determinate sentences enabling halfway release were handed down in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021. (31291)

137 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many extended determinate sentences were handed down in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021. (31292) 16 Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021

138 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the (a) reasons for the reduction in rape prosecutions and (b) effect of that reduction on the reporting of rape. (31293)

139 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the UK's prison capacity is; and how many prisoners there are. (31294)

140 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons are running at or above full capacity. (31295)

141 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to increase prison capacity. (31296)

142 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has taking to reduce (a) rural crime rates and (b) incidences of hare coursing; and what the timeframe is for implementing those plans. (31298)

143 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many male to female transsexuals there are in female prisons. (31299)

144 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to review his policy of allowing male to female transsexual prisoners to be housed in female prisons. (31300)

145 Sir John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what risk assessment his Department has carried out of the policy of allowing for male to female transsexuals to be housed in female prisons. (31301)

146 Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the judgement of 2 July 2021 in the case of FDJ v Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent pregnancy in the female prison estate; and if he will make a statement. (31472)

147 (Rotherham): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the statement on Afghanistan on 8 July 2021, Official Report, cols 1104-20, what the budget headings are for allocation of the £100m of Official Development Assistance for 2021-22; and whether those funds are in addition to the £37.7m listed on DevTracker. (31410)

148 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the average time taken by HMRC in processing self-assessment repayment requests. (31428)

149 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with officials at HMRC on processing self-assessment repayment requests. (31429)

150 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to reduce the time taken by HMRC to process self- assessment repayment requests. (31430) Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021 17

151 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to monitor the effect on local economies of the potential impact of the easing of covid-19 restrictions on the number of people required to self- isolate. (31451)

152 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the proposal by the Medical Research Charity Partnership Fund to increase funding in medical research. (31453)

153 Richard Thomson (Gordon): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the final report of the Net Zero Review; and whether that report will include an analysis on the potential merits of using hydrogen to decarbonise the UK steel industry. (31572)

Questions for Answer on Thursday 15 July

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of additional civil servants required to administer the requirements of the Northern Ireland Protocol relating to the flow of goods between Northern Ireland and Great Britain and (b) cost of recruiting additional civil servants for that purpose. (31417)

2 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Lord Feldman (a) made any expense claims and (b) had private office resources allocated to him during his capacity as an unpaid advisor to his Department. (31418)

3 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to recommendations of the Review into the Development and Use of Supply Chain Finance (and associated schemes) in Government, whether his Department has created a (a) centralised contract register for the Department and (b) log of declarations of interest in relation to contracts; and how many of his Department's staff have completed data protection training for owners of declaration logs. (31419)

4 N Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): To ask the President of COP26, whether developing countries affected by loss and damage incurred by extreme weather and climate-linked disasters will receive additional finance, separate from the £100 billion climate finance goal commitment. (31416) 18 Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021

5 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will carry out an assessment of the reasons for the recent increases in shipping costs for products from overseas, including the Far East, for wholesalers and suppliers in the UK. (31327)

6 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of young people who will benefit from the increase in the National Minimum Wage announced in April 2021. (31330)

7 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding from the public purse the Government plans to disburse in Northern Ireland through the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio in each of the next three years. (31331)

8 N Virginia Crosbie (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help develop advanced nuclear technology within the UK; and if he will make a statement. (31568)

9 N Virginia Crosbie (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, published on 18 November 2020, what progress he has made on delivering the programme for Advanced Modular Reactors within the timeframe as set out by the Government. (31569)

10 N Virginia Crosbie (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department is giving to the UK's nuclear energy sector to help that sector deliver the Government's programme for advanced nuclear technology. (31570)

11 N Virginia Crosbie (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential opportunities for creating new, highly-skilled jobs in Wales through the development of advanced nuclear technology. (31571)

12 N Wera Hobhouse (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will allow an extension of the use of CE markings for pyrotechnics to avoid any potential disruption to the UK automotive industry following the UK's departure from the EU. (31509)

13 N Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Vauxhall on the use of UK steel at its sites in Ellesmere Port and Luton. (31359)

14 N Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that companies which receive Government support on the basis of procuring 40 per cent or more of their steel content from the UK meet those obligations. (31360) Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021 19

15 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to put safeguards in place to ensure transparency and accountability with regard to competition in the Premier League and other monopoly-run sectors. (31400)

16 N Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting as Government policy the recommendations of Electrical Safety First's campaign on (a) improving the regulation of electrical goods on online marketplaces and (b) bringing the regulation of those goods on online marketplaces into line with the regulation of those goods on the physical high street. (31520)

17 N Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of the Scottish Government’s EPC reform proposals that aim to ensure that EPCs are an indicator of energy efficiency, heating emissions and cost; and whether his Department has made an assessment of the viability of implementing such reforms throughout the UK. (31275)

18 N Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the cost of heat pumps is reduced in the short and medium term. (31276)

19 N Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department plans to take to support low income households with the higher running costs of air source heat pumps compared to traditional gas boilers. (31277)

20 N Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the supply chain for the creation of air and ground source heat pumps is located in the UK, rather than abroad. (31278)

21 N Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the Government's timeframe is for implementing a prohibition on the connection of new-build homes to the gas grid. (31279)

22 N Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason his Department has recently changed the value of vouchers on the Community Fibre Partnership from the value that was originally agreed. (31361)

23 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions (a) he has and (b) officials of his Department have had with the Premier League on the process in respect of last year's takeover of Newcastle United; and whether he has taken steps to ensure transparency in that process. (31395) 20 Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021

24 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the absence of express reference to the arbitration of Premier League decisions from the terms of reference of the Fan Led Review of Football, whether processes for arbitration will be considered as part of that review; and whether it is his policy that the arbitration process should be transparent and accountable. (31398)

25 N Ed Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of digital education for elderly people in the UK during the covid-19 outbreak. (31285)

26 N Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to provide families access to food over the school summer holidays for children (a) currently in receipt of free school meals and (b) who become eligible for free school meals over the summer period. (31456)

27 N Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to tackle levels of sexual violence and misconduct amongst the student population. (31460)

28 N Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support he is providing to universities to help ensure that they have effective policies and practices to (a) prevent and (b) tackle incidences of sexual violence and misconduct amongst students or staff. (31461)

29 N Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to make funding available for additional welfare services for universities to support students or staff who have been subjected to sexual violence or misconduct. (31462)

30 N (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department’s announcement in March 2020 that the national standards for the provision of children’s advocacy services would be revised, when he plans the public consultation to be launched. (31487)

31 N (Lancaster and Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2021 to Question 23236 on Special Educational Needs: Reviews, whether the system experts referred to in that Answer are the Chair of the SEND System Leadership Board and its independent advisors; and if she will list those system experts. (31450)

32 N Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that university students return to face-to-face learning when covid-19 restrictions are lifted on 19 July 2021. (31332)

33 N Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of remote learning on university students' mental health. (31333) Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021 21

34 N Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of learning remotely on educational outcomes for university students. (31334)

35 N Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to ensure that universities that continue to teach remotely after 19 July 2021 offer a reduction in fees to their students. (31335)

36 N Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of face- to-face learning in universities. (31336)

37 N Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the volume of single- use plastics consumed through (a) PCR and (b) lateral flow tests; and if he will make a statement. [R] (31382)

38 N (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the closure of the Wykeham Nursery site in North Yorkshire on Forestry England's ability to fulfil planting targets without increasing reliance on the import of trees to the UK. [R] (31564)

39 N Ian Byrne (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the private forestry sector's current stocking density levels and (b) the ability of private sector operators to fulfil public contracts without increasing reliance on imported trees. [R] (31565)

40 N Ian Byrne (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the risk of private sector forestry operators bringing foreign plant pathogens to the UK via imported trees. [R] (31566)

41 N Ian Byrne (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the England Tree Strategy maximises the use of domestically grown British trees and minimise reliance on imports. [R] (31567)

42 N Mr Richard Holden (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what enforcement measures are available to local authority officers to tackle vehicle idling in (a) Air Quality Management Areas and (b) non-Air Quality Management Areas; and whether the Government has plans to review those enforcement powers. (31563)

43 N Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what further flood defences his Department plans to provide to Shrewsbury in the long term to avoid a repetition of flooding experienced in that area. (31365) 22 Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021

44 N Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answers of 21 June 2021 to Question 16807 on Trade Agreements: Australia and to Question 16808 on Livestock: Australia, what assessment she has made of whether Australian farmers would be allowed to export chickens reared using barren battery cages to the UK; and if she will make a statement. (31352)

45 N (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2021 to Question 22145, on Department for International Trade: Freedom of Information, what were the final colour-coded ratings applied to the Freedom of Information requests (a) FOI2020/04220, (b) FOI2020/05327, (c) FOI2020/06174, (d) FOI2021/01596, (e) FOI2021/02962, and (f) FOI2021/03419 from the office of the Rt hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury at the point they were fully processed by her Department and not subject to further change, respectively on (i) 17 December 2020, (ii) 11 November 2020, (iii) 29 December 2020, (iv) 22 June 2021, (v) 28 June 2021 and (vi) 7 July 2021. (31356)

46 N Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what model or prototype her Department commissioned from Ogle Models and Prototypes Ltd at a cost of £39,080 in April 2021. (31357)

47 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason it is the Government's policy that people travelling from amber list countries who take a PCR test to release at day 8 with a negative result are not allowed to leave quarantine whereas those that pay for a PCR test on day 5 and test negative are allowed to leave quarantine. (31401)

48 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2021 to Question 28986, if he will make it his policy that all new vehicles acquired by his Department between 12 July 2021 and 2030 are zero emission vehicles rather than ultra-low emission vehicles. (31341)

49 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will publish its response to the consultation on Pavement parking: options for change, announced on 31 August 2020, before the summer recess. (31342)

50 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of heavy goods vehicle drivers required to fill current UK vacancies in that sector. (31345)

51 N Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support the Government is providing to councils to introduce clean air zones. (31504)

52 N Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to take steps in response to councils reportedly delaying the introduction of clean air zones as a result of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on traffic levels. (31505) Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021 23

53 N Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many closed railway lines the Government has assessed for reopening in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 to date. (31506)

54 N Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new bus routes have been created in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021. (31507)

55 N Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the findings of its consultation entitled Pavement parking: options for change, announced on 31 August 2020. (31508)

56 N Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what risk assessment his Department carried out before 31 January 2020 on the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the domestic road haulage sector; and what steps he took in response to the findings. (31447)

57 N Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department made of the potential implications for his policies for the domestic road haulage sector of the combined effect of the UK leaving the EU and the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement. (31448)

58 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with local authorities to increase the number of heavy goods vehicle drivers who work in local authority waste collection. (31493)

59 N Dame (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the waiting times for personal independence payment tribunals in (a) the North West, (b) Wirral and (c) Wallasey. (31315)

60 N Dame Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of claimants for personal independence payment that are on a fixed-term award in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey constituency. (31316)

61 N Dame Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of personal independence payment claimants previously awarded a fixed-term award who have had their claim stopped due to a delay in processing claims as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (31317)

62 N (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her oral evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 7 July 2021, when she plans for all universal credit claimants to have been sent a letter informing them that the uplift to the standard allowance will be removed on 30 September 2020. (31391)

63 N Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many current universal credit claimants have only ever been claiming after 1 April 2020. (31392) 24 Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021

64 N Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of removing the uplift to universal credit standard allowance on levels of in-work poverty. (31393)

65 N Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of removing the uplift to the universal credit standard allowance on levels of child poverty. (31394)

66 N (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure economically inactive disabled people are supported to find jobs; and if she will make a statement. (31280)

67 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of paying childcare costs within universal credit in advance, to support parents who cannot afford to pay upfront charges; and if she will make a statement. (31284)

68 N (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the roles to which (a) George Pascoe-Watson, (b) Lord Feldman and (c) Lord O'Shaughnessy were appointed to assist his Department with the response to the covid-19 outbreak were (i) consultancy or (ii) temporary civil service roles; and whether the (A) the Civil Service Code or (B) Code of Conduct for Special Advisers applied to them in those roles. (31556)

69 N Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has created a (a) centralised contract register for the Department and (b) log of declarations of interest in relation to contracts; and how many of his Department's staff have completed data protection training for owners of declaration logs. (31557)

70 N Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department centrally records a single point of contact for every contract awarded under the emergency covid-19 procurement process. (31558)

71 N (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) Clinical Commissioning Groups and (b) NHS Trusts in England are in deficit as at 12 July 2021; and what the figures are for each of those deficits. (31406)

72 N Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's most recent estimate is of the covid-19 infection fatality rate. [R] (31381)

73 N Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will set out plans on the closure of NHS Test and Trace; and if he will make a statement. [R] (31383) Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021 25

74 N Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the scientific reasoning is behind the Government’s policy of a person who is fully vaccinated against covid-19 still having to self- isolate if they have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus. (31318)

75 N Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of children who needed urgent help with an eating disorder were able to access care within one week in each of the last five years in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on access to services for people with an eating disorder in those areas. (31427)

76 N Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his most recent estimate is of the total number of (a) items of personal protective equipment, (b) face masks and (c) surgical gowns procured during the covid-19 outbreak which could not be used by the NHS as a result of them failing to meet appropriate standards of safety; and what the cost involved in each case was. (31552)

77 N Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people who have received (a) one and (b) two doses of a covid-19 vaccine in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland by (A) health authority, (B) age and (C) sex. (31553)

78 N Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of covid-19 related public procurement contracts were awarded using emergency contracting procedures; and what the total value of those contracts is. (31554)

79 N Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish details of the (a) individual covid-19 related public procurement contracts which were awarded using emergency contracting procedures, (b) value of each of those contracts and (c) purpose for which each of those contracts was awarded in each month since March 2020. (31555)

80 N Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing free (a) FFP2 and (b) FFP3 face masks to clinically extremely vulnerable people. (31473)

81 N Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating the wearing of face coverings on public transport beyond 19 July 2021 in the context of recent rising numbers of cases of covid-19. (31475) 26 Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021

82 N Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to release an initial tranche of funding out of the NHS capital budget to allow foundation works to be commenced in the Future Fit programme to improve hospital services in . (31363)

83 N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the debate on Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review on 8 July 2021, Official Report, cols 1148-1187, what steps he plans to take to research new and improved techniques for removal of eroded surgical mesh implants; and if he will make it his policy to establish a unit for developing such techniques in order to train a new generation of mesh- removal specialists to treat people who experience the effects of failed mesh implants in the future. (31274)

84 N Sarah Owen (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2021 to Question 28345 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK residents vaccinated against covid-19 whilst overseas with a (a) Pfizer, (b) Oxford-AstraZeneca and (c) Moderna vaccine are able to be certified as vaccinated by the UK. (31551)

85 N Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what declaration of interests was made by Lord Feldman in his capacity as an unpaid adviser to his Department between March and May 2020; and whether he used a private email account to conduct business relating to his advisory role. (31421)

86 N Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Saudi and Emirati led coalition on ensuring the protection of children during the conflict in Yemen. (31323)

87 N Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in Official Development Assistance spending on the UK’s funding for projects to help protect and rehabilitate vulnerable children from armed conflict. (31324)

88 N Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential for foreign interference in the process towards free and fair elections being held in Libya in December 2021. (31325)

89 N Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Saudi counterpart on establishing an independent investigation into allegations of sexual assault and torture of human rights activists and other political prisoners in that Kingdom. (31326) Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021 27

90 N Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Bahraini counterpart on the continued detention and wellbeing of Hasan Mushaima. (31474)

91 N Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2012 to Question 25763 on the British Indian Ocean Territory, what the reason and justification is for his policy of ceding the British Indian Ocean Territory to a country (a) without a historic governance relationship and (b) that is not the closest geographical option for governance; and what recent assessment he has made of the options for ceding the British Indian Ocean Territory including (a) not ceding, (b) ceding to Mauritius and (c) ceding to the Maldives. (31362)

92 N Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has sought accreditation for the new UK Ambassador to Myanmar from the military dictatorship in that country. (31422)

93 N Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK Government trained any members of the Saudi Royal Guard Rapid Intervention Force in each year from 2013 to 2017. (31550)

94 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the £15.8 million announced on 12 July for education for children is part of the £430 million announced by the Prime Minister at the G7 summit for the Global Partnership for Education. (31524)

95 N (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much country-specific bilateral Official Development Assistance has been received by each recipient country in each of the last 5 years. (31388)

96 N Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff from his Department have been posted overseas by country in each of the last five years. (31389)

97 N Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which countries will receive UK bilateral Official Development Assistance in 2021-22; and how much UK bilateral Official Development Assistance has been allocated to each of those countries. (31390)

98 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Belarusian Authorities on the case of Andrei Aliaksandrau and Irina Zlobina following the filing of the charge of treason by the Belarusian prosecuting authorities. (31495) 28 Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021

99 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on Haiti and its wider region; and whether the UK Government has offered any resources to assist with the investigation of that assassination or the Haitian security services. (31496)

100 N Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to prevent the members of Police Misconduct Panels being held personally liable for awards made in (a) Employment Tribunals and (b) County Courts for breaches of the Equality Act 2010 arising as a consequence of those misconduct proceedings. (31273)

101 N (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will publish all responses it has received to its New Plan for Immigration, including those from (a) the UNHCR, (b) civil society groups via Britain Thinks. (31425)

102 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking that UK citizens who are required to quarantine in a hotel after a business trip to an amber list country have access to adequate work from home facilities. (31402)

103 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing UK citizens returning from business trips in amber list countries to quarantine from home. (31403)

104 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support she is making available to British citizens who are having to travel through covid-19 amber list countries to re-enter the UK for business purposes. (31404)

105 N Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure there are adequate safeguards in place to ensure the safety of women in quarantine hotels. (31405)

106 N Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2021 to Question 28133 on Immigration: EU Nationals, and with reference to page 31-33 of her Department's guidance entitled EU Settlement Scheme: EU, other EEA and Swiss citizens and their family members, published on 21 May 2021, if she will publish a list of examples of what would not be deemed by her Department to be reasonable grounds for a child or young person who had been in the care of a local authority missing the deadline to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme applicable to them under the EU Settlement Scheme; and what effect not having those reasonable grounds would have on the right to reside of those children or young people. (31353) Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021 29

107 N Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2021 to Question 28132 on Immigration: EU Nationals, when her Department will have more up to date figures on how many children and young people there were in the care of local authorities and who were eligible to apply for the EU Settled Status Scheme who had not applied to that Scheme by the deadline of 30 June 2021. (31354)

108 N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amount the Government paid for the purchase of HMC Protector. (31339)

109 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking in response to reports that people traveling into the UK on an EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit are being refused entry since 1 July 2021. (31527)

110 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure people travelling on an EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit are able to enter the UK following the expiration of EEA Family Permits on 1 July 2021. (31528)

111 N Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received representations seeking a review of (a) drug policy and (b) Drug Consumption Rooms from the Scottish Government's new (i) Justice Secretary and (ii) Lord Advocate. (31549)

112 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of (a) adding heavy goods vehicle drivers to the shortage occupation list and (b) issuing increased numbers of temporary visas to heavy goods vehicle drivers. (31343)

113 N Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues and (b) representations she has received from businesses and trade organisations on the potential (i) merits of adding heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers to the shortage occupation list and (ii) effect on HGV driver shortages of so adding HGV drivers to the shortage occupation list. (31344)

114 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State on 12 July 2021, Official Report, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for the UK's international obligations towards refugees of the Government's proposals on making entry to the UK from a safe country a criminal offence through the Nationality and Borders Bill. (31396) 30 Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021

115 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to reports that fewer than one in 25 adult dependent visa applications were granted on the first attempt over a period of four years, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact on the NHS of staff leaving to care for their adult dependents living abroad; and if she will make a statement. (31281)

116 N Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full- time UK armed forces personnel are currently deployed overseas, by country of deployment. (31387)

117 N Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2021 to Question 23128 on Armed Forces: Private Education, how much funding his Department allocated to the Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) to fund places at Millfield School in the financial year (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20; and how many places were funded through the CEA in each of those financial years. (31358)

118 N Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to submit the UK’s progress report on implementing the United Nations International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination which was due in April 2020. (31531)

119 N Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the number of households in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England that have fallen into council tax arrears; and what steps his Department is taking to support economically vulnerable households in those areas. (31426)

120 N Mr Richard Holden (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding (a) Durham County Council and (b) each other Council in North East England received from the Holiday activities and food programme 2021. (31562)

121 N Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to prevent money administered through the British National (Overseas) support packages funding organisations operating in the UK supporting the Hong Kong National Security Law. (31424)

122 N Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to provide support to local authorities for individuals and families in food poverty over the summer holiday period. (31455) Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021 31

123 N (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications have been received to the Waking Watch Relief Fund in each month since it opened. (31407)

124 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications to the Waking Watch Relief Fund (a) have been approved, (b) have been rejected and (c) are yet to be reviewed. (31408)

125 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications to the Waking Watch Relief Fund have been reviewed in each month since that scheme opened. (31409)

126 N (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data his Department holds on the average level of reserves held by local authorities in England in (a) 2010, (b) 2015 and (c) 2020. (31411)

127 N Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Partnerships for People and Place: guidance for local expressions of interest, published on 12 July 2021, what outputs he plans to publish as a result of the pilots. (31413)

128 N Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of a market failure in the domiciliary care sector on local authorities. (31414)

129 N Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to help local authorities to take further steps to reduce the transmission of covid-19 in their localities. (31415)

130 N Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support the Goverrnment is providing to local authorities to assist with the appointment of more waste collection vehicle drivers during the shortage of people in that profession. (31494)

131 N Rosie Duffield (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to tackle race disparity in the youth justice system, particularly with regard to those held on remand. (31521)

132 N (Denton and ): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the February 2019 Legal Support Action Plan, when he plans to bring forward proposals to expand the scope of legal aid to cover special guardianship orders in private law. (31346) 32 Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021

133 N Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the February 2019 Legal Support Action Plan, when he plans to bring forward proposals to extend eligibility for non‑means tested legal aid for parents, or those with parental responsibility, who wish to oppose applications for placement orders or adoption orders in public family law proceedings. (31347)

134 N Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to applications for legal aid by prospective special guardians in private law proceedings, (a) how many and what proportion of those applications were granted and (b) what the average award was, in each year since 2016. (31348)

135 N Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to applications for legal aid from non-parent parties in care proceedings for the purposes of pursuing placement of the subject child with them, (a) how many and what proportion of those applications were granted and (b) what the average award was, in each year since 2016. (31349)

136 N Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prospective kinship carers joined as parties to care proceedings were granted legal aid, in each year since 2016. (31350)

137 N Anna McMorrin (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential need for his Department to provide additional funding to local authorities to help clear coroner inquest backlogs. (31522)

138 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of strike action on prison education in respect of the industrial dispute between the University and College Union and Novus at custodial establishments. (31488)

139 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether financial penalties could potentially be invoked against Novus in the event that prison education is disrupted as a result of strike action. (31489)

140 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help resolve the industrial dispute between the University and College Union and Novus at custodial establishments. (31490)

141 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government Response to the ’s Seventeenth Report of Session 2019–2021: Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre, paragraph 11, for what reason the decision was made to change the education provider from Novus to Nacro; and when that decision was made. (31491)

142 N Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether staff employed on zero hour contracts, who receive their holiday pay as an average of their earnings, are entitled to receive their full holiday pay Published: Tuesday 13 July 2021 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Monday 12 July 2021 33

entitlement through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme; and whether there are requirements under that scheme for employers to provide employees with written confirmation of holiday (a) entitlement and (b) payment whilst being furloughed. (31307)

143 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount was that the Republic of Ireland received under the Loans to Ireland Act 2010; and how much in interest was paid on that loan. (31328)

144 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of public sector net debt at the end of the 2021-22 financial year. (31329)

145 N Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the Financial Conduct Authority's regulatory approach to (a) digital and (b) currencies; what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of UK financial regulation of digital currencies on their development; what assessment he had made of the adequacy of the steps being taken to support new business and innovation in this area in the UK; and if he will make a statement. (31366)

146 N Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding will be available for the (a) Towns Fund, (b) Future High Streets Fund, (c) Levelling Up Fund, (d) UK Community Renewal Fund and (e) Community Ownership Fund in financial year (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23 and (iii) 2023-24. (31412)

147 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many certificates the Valuation Office Agency has issued under the Non-Domestic Rating (Telecommunications Infrastructure Relief) (England) Regulations 2018; and what the value is of those certificates. (31282)

148 N Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many certificates the Valuation Office Agency has issued to BT pursuant to The Non- Domestic Rating (Telecommunications Infrastructure Relief) (England) Regulations 2018; and what the total value of those certificates is. (31283)